Release date: February 20, 2024
Prices and Links:
Criterion- $47.96 (4k+ Blu ray), $39.96 (Blu ray only)
Amazon- $49.95
Directors: Johnnie To, Siu-Tung Ching
Writer: Sandy Shaw
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, Shi-Kwan Yen, Damian Lau
The star power of cinema icons Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, and Michelle Yeoh fuels these gloriously unrestrained action joyrides from auteur Johnnie To and action choreographer Ching Siu-tung. The Heroic Trioand its sequel, Executioners, follow a new kind of justice league: a team of blade-throwing, shotgun-toting, kung fu–fighting heroines who join forces to battle evildoers in a dystopian, noirish city. Blending dazzling martial-arts mayhem with exhilarating blasts of comic-book lunacy, these beloved superhero movies reimagine the genre through the giddy genius of the Hong Kong film industry at its height.
Prices and Links:
Criterion- $47.96 (4k+ Blu ray), $39.96 (Blu ray only)
Amazon- $49.95
Directors: Johnnie To, Siu-Tung Ching
Writer: Sandy Shaw
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, Shi-Kwan Yen, Damian Lau
The star power of cinema icons Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, and Michelle Yeoh fuels these gloriously unrestrained action joyrides from auteur Johnnie To and action choreographer Ching Siu-tung. The Heroic Trioand its sequel, Executioners, follow a new kind of justice league: a team of blade-throwing, shotgun-toting, kung fu–fighting heroines who join forces to battle evildoers in a dystopian, noirish city. Blending dazzling martial-arts mayhem with exhilarating blasts of comic-book lunacy, these beloved superhero movies reimagine the genre through the giddy genius of the Hong Kong film industry at its height.
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital restorations of The Heroic Trio and Executioners, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
- In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the films and two Blu-rays with the films and special features
- Alternate 5.1 surround Cantonese and English-dubbed soundtracks
- New interview with actor Anthony Wong
- New interview with film critic Samm Deighan (cohost of the podcast Twitch of the Death Nerve)
- Trailers
- New English subtitle translations
- PLUS: An essay by critic Beatrice Loayza
